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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Musicology
Tremolo
Refrain
Interlude
2. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Opus
Minuet
Fourth
Coda
3. A musical form where the principal theme is repeated several times. The rondo was often used for the final movements of classical sonata form works.
Progression
Rondo
Fugue
Register
4. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Opera
Chorale
Ornaments
Musette
5. The movement of chords in succession.
Scordatura
Progression
Fourth
Castrato
6. A short piano piece - often improvisational and intimate in character.
Nocturne
Forte
Harmony
Impromptu
7. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Classical
Quintet
March
Sonata
8. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Voice
Sextet
Accelerando
Clavier
9. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Flat
Round
Partita
Espressivo
10. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Rondo
Temperament
Carol
Glee
11. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Reed
Canon
Key signature
Renaissance
12. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Tonality
Operetta
Musette
Opus
13. Group of singers in a chorus.
Song cycle
Atonal
Choir
Recital
14. Initially an improvised cadence by a soloist; later becoming an elaborate and written out passage in an aria or concerto - featuring the skills of an instrumentalist or vocalist.
Cadenza
Grandioso
Staccato
Beat
15. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Consonance
Tonality
Root
Quadrille
16. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Ostinato
Unison
Grandioso
Natural
17. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Classical
Requiem
Opera
Nocturne
18. Pertains to tone or tones.
Counterpoint
Tuning
Virtuoso
Tonal
19. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Cavatina
Choir
Tone
Sextet
20. A string of chords played in succession.
Introduction
Suite
Chord progression
Impromptu
21. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.
Gavotte
Da Capo
Cavatina
Scordatura
22. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Stretto
Libretto
Rigaudon
Presto
23. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Chromatic scale
Classicism
Key signature
Triplet
24. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Minuet
Allegro
Pizzicato
Relative major and minor
25. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Notation
Musicology
Vibrato
Cavatina
26. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Recital
Key signature
Gavotte
Tonal
27. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Scherzo
Octet
Presto
Sharp
28. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Reed
Overture
Chord progression
Expressionism
29. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Conductor
Chorale
Slur
Adagio
30. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Ensemble
Coda
Expressionism
Cavatina
31. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Beat
Pitch
Reed
Tuning
32. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Tablature
Contralto
Pizzicato
Part
33. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Encore
Pitch
March
Measure
34. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Prelude
Song cycle
Reed
System
35. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Tune
Reed
EnharmonicInterval
Introduction
36. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Part
Leitmotif
Modulation
Octet
37. A group singing in unison.
Overture
Chorus
Da Capo
Scherzo
38. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Round
Forte
Polyphony
Introduction
39. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800's and lasted about sixty years. There was a strong regard for order and balance.
Classicism
Grandioso
Nonet
Renaissance
40. One of two or more parts in polyphonic music. Voice refers to instrumental parts as well as the singing voice.
Coda
Voice
Theme
Major
41. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Cantabile
Nonet
Scale
Adagio
42. A lighthearted piece - written in several movements - usually as background music for a social function.
Register
Intonation
Serenade
Quadrille
43. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Introduction
Renaissance
Fugue
Cantabile
44. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Atonal
Pastoral
Recapitulation
Minuet
45. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
EnharmonicInterval
Opera
Adagio
Whole-tone scale
46. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Timbre
Phrase
Key
Tritone
47. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Refrain
Homophony
Quintet
Tutti
48. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Staccato
Modes
Recapitulation
Fugue
49. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Drone
EnharmonicInterval
Chord
Classical
50. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Polytonality
Tonic
Atonal
Tuning